2023-2024学年山东省淄博市张店六中八年级（下）月考英语试卷（4月份）

2023-2024学年张店第六中学初三第二学期第一次月考英语试卷一.完形填空（10分）IwasbornandgrewupinasmalltownofPineville,whichIletattheageofsixteen.Twentyyears1Icamebackonavisit.IwenttoseemyoldfriendTomClark,who,activeasever,wastheheadofaReadingClub.Hewas2gettingreadytowelcomeafamouswriter,whohadbeeninvitedtocometogiveatalkonnovelsatthepubliclibrarythatevening.SinceIhappenedtohavereadabookortwowritten3_____thefamouswriter,whenTomaskedmetogowithhim,Igladly4.Tomwasgoingtointroducethewritertotheaudience.5wewenttothelibraryalittleearliertoweicomehim.Asthewriterhadn’tarrivedyet,Ileftandwentintothereadingroom.Alargenumberofpeoplehadalreadybeenthere.IwassorrytofindthatIdidn'tkoow6person.SoIfoundaseatinthecomerandsatquietlywaiting.Whenitwasjustabouttimeforthe7tobegin,IsawTomstandingatthedoormakingasignfor8tocomeout.Helookedworriedaboutsomething,soIgotuprightawayandwenttohim.Hesaidthathehadjusthadatelephonecallfromthewriter.Hehad9hisfightandwouldnotbearriving!Whilewewereconsideringtheproblem,TomsuddenlyaskedmeifIwouldmindgivingatalkinsteadofthewriter.Ineverhadtimeto______itwhenIwasbeingpushedbackintothereadingroomtospeaktothewaitingaudience.（）1.A.agoB.beforeC.laterD.soon（）2.A.freeB.busyC.happyD.sad（）3.A.byB.withC.onD.about（）4.A.answeredB.gotC.acceptedD.understood（）.5.A.BecauseB.ButC.AndD.So（）6.A.someB.anyC.oneD.other（）7.A.filmB.playC.talkD.show（）8.A.meB.usC.himD.them（）9.A.leftB.enjoyedC.caughtD.missed（）10.A.learnaboutB.argueaboutC.thinkaboutD.talkabout二.阅读理解（32分）AEverybodytalksabouttheweather,butnobodydoessomethingaboutit.Itistrue.Peopleusuallybegintheirtalkswith"Isn’titaniceday?""Doyouthinkitwillrain?""Whatafineday!"Manypeoplethinktheycantellwhattheweatherisgoingtobelike.Buttheyhardlyagreewitheackother.Onemanmaysay,"Doyouseehowcloudyitisintheeast?It'sgoingtoraintomorrow."Anothermanwillsay,"No,"iit'sgoingtobestillcioudy."Anothermanwillsay,"No,it'sgoingtobefinetomorrow.Peopleoftenlookfortheweatherfheywant.Whenafarmerneedswater,helooksforsomethingtotellhimit'sgoingtorain;hewon'tbelieveanythingelse.Whenfriendshaveatravel,theyaresuretheweatherisgoingtoclearupveryquickly.Almosteveryonelistenstowhattheweathermansays.Buthedoesn'talwaystelluswhatwewant,andonceinawhilehemakesamistake.Still,heprobablycomesclosertobeingcorrectthananyoneelse.（）11."Nobodydoessomethingabouttheweather"means_____.A.nobodycantalkabouttheweatherB.nobodylikestheweatherC.nobodycanmaketheweatherD.nobodycanchangetheweather（）12._____isacommonwaytostartatalk.A.SmileB.KeepingsilentC.Askingeachother'snamesD.Talkingabouttheweather（）13.Whenitiscloudyintheeast,youknowthat_____tomorrow.A.itisgoingtorainB.itwillbefineC.itwillbestillcloudyD.alloftheaboveBAfterreceivinganorder（订单）tosendfoodtoanoldmanathishome,ChenWenliquicklygetsthemealpreparedandthengoestotheman'shouse."Heisinhis60s,livesaloneandoftenneedshelp,"saidChen,45,avolunteerof"TimeBank".ThegovernmentinHaikou,Hainanstartedthe"TimeBank"programiin2022tohelpmakethelivesoflocal（当地的）elderlypeopleeasier."TimeBank"collectstheeverydayneedsoftheoldandthenpoststheordersonaminiprogramonWeChat.Volunteersthentaketheordersandoffertheservicestothoseinneed.Eachvolunteercangetthe"timecurency（货币）"foreveryhourofvoluntaryservicetheyofer.Theycanusethecurrencytoaskforthevoluntaryserviceswhentheygrowoldthemselves,orgiveawaytheircurrencytoothersinneedofelderlycare.WuMeilinghelpswiththemonthlyactivitiesoftheprogram."Mostoftheelderlyyeopieontheminiprogramarethosewholivealone,orthoseinpoorhealth,butthevolunteerscomefromallwalksoflifusuchasteachers,doctorsandworkers,"saidWu,"However,the‘TimeBank'programneedsmorechanges,"saidLiJinling,amanageroftheprogram."Manyelderlypeopledonotknowaboutitordonotknowhowtouseitonline.We'llgoonworkinghardtogetmorepeopleinterestedinit."（）I4.Whydidthelocalgovernmentstarttheprogram?A.Toraisemoneyfortheold.B.Tohelpthepoorinthecity.C.Toimprovethelivesoftheold.D.Tooffermorejobstoelderlypeople.（）15.Thevolunteerscanusetheir"timecurrency"to_____.A.buygiftsinstoresB.savemoneyinbanksC.getfreevoluntaryservicesD.jsininthemonthlyactivities（）n6.Thevolunteersfrom"allwalksoflife"arepeople_____.A.withdifferentjobsB.ofdifferentagesC.fromdifferentcitiesD.withdifferentinterests（）17.Whatcan'twelearnabout"TimeBank"fromthepassage?A.Whentheprogramstarted.B.Whotheusersoftheprogramare.C.Whytheprogramneedsmorechanges.D.Howtobeavolunteeroftheprogram.CDogEmmyislyingquietlybesidethe7-year-oldgirlAnna.Insteadofaball,Annaisholdingabookinherhands.（18）_______Itmeans"readingdog"inEnglish.AnnaisreadingabookaloudtoEmmyanditsownerKerstin.ThedogisanimportantpartofaprogramtohelpkidswhohavetroublereadinginGermany.In2018,aninternationalgroupdidasurveyonreadingskillsof15-year-oldstudentsin79countries.CneinfiveoftheminGermanyhadaverylowreadinglevel（低的阅读水平）.（19）________Justabout9%ofthe15-year-oldscouldtellfactsfromopinionswhentheydidreading."Readingislessinterestingtochildrenandteenagersthanitwas20yearsago.Nowtheyaremorewillingtoenjoythemovingpicturesinvideos,"saidKlausHurrelmann,anexpertinteenagers."Soreadingoutabooktoadogisanexcellentidea.（20）_______"Annausedtohatereading.Whenshereadaloudinfrontoftheclass,herclassmatesalwayslaughedather.Aferjoiningintheprogram,Annabeginstoenjoyreadingandbecomesmoreconfident（自信的）.EmmyofterstaysbyAnna'ssidewhensheisreading.Nowshenotonlyimprovesherreadingskills,butalsoenjoysreading.（21）________Thentheyquicklyunderstandthemandwanttocontinuereading.Whentheyreadtodogs,theyarenotnervousorafraidofmakingmistakeswhilereading.Asaresult,themoretheyread,thebettertheyread.D"Ireallywanttomakeitinlife,butIdon'tknowhow!"Allofuswanttobuildourselvesabetterfuture.Buthowdowestartplanningforthefuture?Letmetellyou.（22）_____Trytofindaplacewhereyoucanthinkcarefully.It'snecessarytothinkaboutasuccessfulfuture,soyou'dbetterdothatwithoutanydistractions（使人分心的事物）.Beinginaquietplacecanhelpyouthinkonyourown.（23）_____"Whatisyourdream?""Isthisthelifeyoureallywant?"Askingquestionslikethesecanbelpyougettoknowyourselfbetter.Usually,themoredifficultthequestionsaretoanswer,themoreimportanttheyare.（24）_____Doingfavoritethingsalwaysmakesyouhappyandexcited.Findoutwhatyou'regoodat.Thiswillhelpyoudecidewhattodointhefuture.Interestplaysagreatroleinyourlife.Itwillhelpyoukeepgoingforyourdreams.（25）_____Thiswillhelpyouseehowmuchdifferenceyouhavemade.Youwillbecomemoreconfident（自信的）afterseeingabetterself.Mostofthepeoplewhonadetheirdreamscometruetookthefirststepbykeepingadiary.（26）_____Don'twaittoolongtostartputtingyourplanintoaction.Thelongeryouwait,themoredifficultitmaybetostart.Keepyourplangrowingandhavefunfindingyourwaytosuccess.三.选词填空（10分）Formanypeople,runningisafunactivity.Butforsome（27）____________portspeople,it'sawayoflife.JustineGallowaywasonlysevenwhenherfatherbecamea（n）（28）_____becauseofParkinson’sdisease.Overthenextfewyears,shewatcledtheillnessstophimfromdoinghisfavoriteactivity.（29）_______,shepromisednevertoletanythingkeepherselffromrunning.Justinekeptrunningtorememberherfatherafterhedied.However,whenshewasrunningamarathon,somethingfeltwronginherbody.Shehadtogiveuptherace（30）_______shewasingreatpain（疼痛）.AfterlearningthatshehadanillnesssimilartoParkinson'sdiscase,Justinetriedevery（31）___________getwell.Butshefounditdifficulttorunforward.Luckily,shecouldstillrunbackwards.Someone（32）_______shegetaworldrecordforrunningmarathonsbackwards.Justinelovestakingupachallenge,soshestartedtrying.She（33）______aGuinnessWorldRecordforthefastestbackwardhalfmarathonrunnerever.Shehasbrokenherownrecordandsettherecordtwice.NowJustinerunsfullmarathonsagain,justinadifferentway.And（34）_______,shenolongerfeelssadaboutnotbeingabletorunforward.Justinehasanunusual（35）_______inrunning.Andshetakestheattitudethatnothingisimpossible."Wherethere'sawill,there'saway!"shebelieves.Manypeople（36）________thegreatwoman!四.语法填空（10分）Alongtimeago,therewasakinginIndia.Healwayswantedtofindhappinessby（37）_______（ask）hispeoplestrangequestions.However,itwasveryhardtoanswerthemandfewpeoplecouldgivetheright（38）_____（answer）tothesequestions.Onedaythekingaskedastrangequestionagaininhispalace（宫殿）.Asusual,helookedathispeopleonebyone（39）______noneofthemknewtheanswet.Justthen,amannamedBirbal（40）_____（enter）thepalace.Hecameuptothekingandasked,"MayIhearthequestionsothatIcanhaveatry?"Thekingsaid,"Sure.Canyoutell（41）______（Ihowmanycrows（乌鸦）thereareinthiscity?""Certainly,"Birbalanswered."Thereare50,589crowsinthiscity,（42）_______（are）there?"Thekingwasverysurprised."Howcanyoubesosure?"heaskedBirbal."Youcanaskyourpeopletocountthem,"Birbalsaid."Ifyoufinda（43）______（5mall）numberofcrowsthanIgave,itmeanssomehavegonetoothercitiestovisittheirfriends.Ifyoudiscoveragreaternumberofcrows.itmeanssomecrows（44）________othercitieshavecomeheretohavefun."ThekingwashappywithBirbal’sanswerandgavehim（45）_____prize.Somequestionsmayseemquitedifficult,butinfacttheyareexpendedquestions.Wewillbeabletoanswerthesequestions（46）_______（wise）ifwethinkinacleverway,justasBirbaldid.五.阅读表达（10分）In2013,over60,000,000primaryandmiddleschoolstudentsinourcouatrytookastronautWangYaping’slessoncDTV.6-year-oldChenManiinfomHongKong,Chinawasoneofthem.Shebecameinterestedinspacefromthenon.Chenisamiddleschoolstudentnow.ShelearnedinJume,2022abouttheletter-writingactivitytotheastronautsonTiangong.Theactivityhasaname-SeudingMyDreamtoTiangong.About30.000studentsfromalloverthecountrytookpartintheactivity.ChenManlinwrotealettertoo.Inherletter,Chenwroteaboutherinterestinspace,andsheaskedtheastomuutswhattheydidwhentheymetdifficulties.Andathree-pageletterfromShenzhouXIVastronautChenDong,arrivedaboutamonthlater.WhenChenManlingottheletter,shewastoohappytosayaword.ChenDongwroteabouthowhebecameanastronaut,andsharedthedifficultieshemet.Hesaiditwashisdreamsthatkepthimgoingwheneverhefeltlost.Healsotoldthegirltoworkhardandmakeherdreamcometrueoneday."Difficultieshelpmakeyouwhoyouare,"hewrote.Alongwithhisletter,ChenDongalsosentavideotoher.Hemadeitonthespacestation.47